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Plant Metric Date

Project # File No. Verified By
Bearing Capacity of Soils Date
Reference: Transmission Line Structure Foundations for Uplift-Compression Loading Page of
EPRI EL-2870, February 1983- Section 7

1
qu cNc (cs cd) EFF B N (s d ) q Nq (qs qd)
2
qs 1
B
tan s 1 0.4( B / L) cs 1 ( B / L)( Nq / Nc)
1 qd
L
d 1 cd qd
N C tan
qd 1 2 tan (1 sin ) 2 tan 1
Df
B Df
for _ 0 _ then : cd 1 0.33 tan 1
B
FOS 3.00 Yes
Square Footings
GWL 3.000 m Apply Correction For Large Footings and Mats?
No

DATA Bearing Capacity Factors

B L 'eff Df Cohesion N Nq Nc N
[m] [m] [degrees] [kN/m3] [kN/m3] [m] [kPa]

1 1 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02

2 2 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
5 5 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
10 10 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
15 15 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
18 18 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
25 25 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
30 30 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
35 35 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02
40 40 31.5 18 8.00 3 0 3.19 21.86 34.04 28.02

CORRECTION FACTORS Bearing Pressures

B L Cohesion Wedge Surcharge Surcharge qu qa
[m] [m] cs cd s d qs qd q [kPa] [kPa]
2 [kPa] 0 0
1 1 1.642 1.366 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.349 54 2635.71 878.57
2 2 1.642 1.288 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.275 54 2561.29 853.76
5 5 1.642 1.158 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.151 54 2527.67 842.56
10 10 1.642 1.085 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.081 54 2731.43 859.98
15 15 1.642 1.058 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.055 54 3017.61 905.80
18 18 1.642 1.048 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.046 54 3202.19 940.08
25 25 1.642 1.035 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.033 54 3648.58 1027.75
30 30 1.642 1.029 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.028 54 3974.29 1093.27
35 35 1.642 1.025 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.024 54 4302.98 1159.68
40 40 1.642 1.022 0.600 1.000 1.613 1.021 54 4633.54 1226.38